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So Where Does The Name Adam's Apple Come From? Most People Say That It Is From The Notion That This Bump Was Caused By The Forbidden Fruit Getting Stuck In The Throat Of Adam In The Garden Of Eden. There Is A Problem With This Theory Because Some Hebrew Scholars Believe That The Forbidden Fruit Was The Pomegranate. The Koran Claims That The Forbidden Fruit Was A Banana. So Take Your Pick---adam's Apple, Adam's Pomegranate, Adam's Banana. Eve Clearly Chewed Before Swallowing.

Sometimes I Think My Purpose Is As A Saboteur When I'm Working With Other People, Derailing What They're Trying To Do Or Taking Things To A Ludicrous Extremity.

In Me, Speaking Psychologically, There Is Always An Ongoing Struggle Between My Enormously Self-regarding, Almost Delusionally Aspirational, Napoleonic Personality And A Marginalized One.

I Thought Of Myself As Kind Of An Anarchist All My Whole Adult Life, From The Days When I Was 15 Or 16.

As Far As What I Do, My Value As A Writer Is Certainly Not To Try To Recapitulate A 19th Century Form. Certain Styles Of Narrative Don't Conform To My Style Of Experiencing The World.